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Mill timber 81 below these figures.
FREIGHTS.

LUMBER-By sail-Vessels are freely offer
ing and tonnage is in good supply.
this and the near Georgia ports to the Chesa-
peake ports. PHILADELPHIA New York. Sound
ports and eastward. Timber, 5oc@S1 90 higher
than lumber rates. To the West Indies and
windward, nominal to South America, S13 000
IA 90; to Spanish and Mediterranean ports,
Sl1 O0012 90; to United Kingdom for orders,
timber, 27612Ss; lumber, e3 los. Steam-To
New York, 81 90; to Philadelphia, s. 90; to
Boston, 50 %
NAVAL SToREs-Firm but nominal. Foreign
Cork, etc., for orders 3s and, or, As Cd;
Adriatic, rosin, IS 3D. Genoa, rosin, IS. Coast
wise-Steam-ro Boston, SOC on rosin, 81 90 on
spirits; to New York, rosin soc, spirits soc; to
Philadelphia, rosin 30c. spirits Soc; to Baltimore,
rosin SOC, spirits Coo. Coastwise quiet.
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COMMERCIAL.
SAVANNAH MARKET.
OFFICE OF THE MORNING NEWS
SAVANNAH, Ga, Oct, 10, 4P. NJ.


corroS-The market was very active and
srner and prices were advanced. Advices
iron, controlling markets were very favorable
Cor a steady upward turn in values. The total
coles for the day were 5,44S bales. On Change
Of the opening call, at 10 a. m, the market
u,as reported steady and unchanged, with sales
Of 5O5 bales At the second call, at p. M,
:, was steady at an advance of 1-16c for all
~. ,des. the sales being 22lS bales At the
Hrd and last call at p. m. it closed firm
and and unchanged, with further sales of 2,725
bnIes The following are the official closing
spot quotations of the Cotton Exchange;
Afiddlinc ,ir ........................ $40
Good middling Observation-Disclosures. 91
Niddling. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Low middling. .........-..,......... 1915
Sso LSlaad-The market continues quiet and
s+eedv There was some little inquiry and
seu, Scattering sales, but to what extent was
NOT made public. We quote:
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ARRIVED AT QUARANTINE YESTERDAY.
Bark Cato (Nor), Andersen, Santos, in ballast
"A Salas & Co.
Bark Unicorn OBJ, McDougal, Rio Janeiro, in
ballast-Master
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PoULTRY-Market steady; receipts ample;
demand light
EGGs-darket very firm, with good demand
and in good supply.
PEANUrs-Fair stock; demand moderate; mar
ket steady.
suC7Af~Georgia and Florida nominal; none in
market.
HoNEY-No demand; nominal,
SWEET PoTAToEs-ln fair demand; receipts
light; demand fair.
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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.



NEW YonE, Oct. 10, noon.--Stocks dull but
steady. Money easy at per cent. Exchange
long, 81 Sl@,4 STA; short, 81 654. State
bonds neglected. Government bonds dull but
steady.
500 p. m.-Exchnngc very dull but steady
Money easy at $685. per cent. Sub-TreasuTy
balaDce.,-Gold, S13(, 600: currency S12,0j1,
600 Government bondS duh and heavy; four per
cents 1875; four and per cents los. State bonds
duh but steady
Opening prices in the stock market to-day
were irregular at changes from last evenings
figures OF small fractions onl,' but tile list soon
became strong on gradually Increasing business
The advance was SLOW and steady and lasted
Throughout the morning, lest prices Being gener
ally attained iust about noon. After that time
thS market became duller and declined slowly
until rne close which was heavy and close to
opcning figures Final changes are irregular
and alb ,us evenly divided between gains and
loss. Bulls are looking for quick collapse in
real estate speculation and corresponding &C
tivity in Wall street, while bears predict heavy
decline in tirangcrs and Trauscoutineotal stocks
The following were the closing quotations:
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THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1887.

4,7sO bales upland cotton, weighing 2,24S,1 1875
pound
Per hr Mar e Morse. FOR Wilmington, Del
1884, lot p lumher-Dale, Dixon & Co,
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DEPARTED YESTERDAY.
SAILED YESTERDAY

Steamer Grace Pitt. Crofut. Beaufort ant
Port Royal-Master.
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MEMORANDA

Bark Elena Ger, Granton.
Bark Ribes (Aus), Brunswick.
Schr Mary E Morse, Wilmington, Del.
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ARRIVED AT TYBEE YESTERDAY.
CLEARED YESTERDAY

Steamship Grandeur (Br), Mason, Thre
Rivers, in ballast-Richardson & Barnard,
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

MINIATURE ALMANAC-THIS DAY.
SUNRIsEs. ...................- ......t....6Oo
OUNohrS. .'"'~i
HIGH WATER AT SAVANNAH. 1914 A NJ. Hos NJ
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COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 10, modification quiet and
without quotable change; middling uplands
3.16d, mi1dling Orleans 53sd; sales lO,OOO bales
for speculation and export 900 bales; receipts
IL 1000 bales-American S,@m.
Futures plauds low mddng clause, Octo-
her delivery 106id; November and December
Z i-64d; December and January i-6id; January
and February 6-64d March and April a-bld;
April and May 11-64d; May and June l5-6ld
Market steadv
. n. n.-The sales to-day included $500 bales
of American. ,,,,, %.
Fnr,lres-Uplands. low middling clause, octo-
her delivery l1-64d. sellers; october am TO
yen,ter s.O4d. buyers; November and Decem-
hsr < 7-sad. value: December and January
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EXPORTS
Per steamship WICK Bay OBJ for I!>src--
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light. We quote: White corn. job lots, Coo;
carload lots O5c; mixed corn. job lots, Csc; car
load lots &c, Oats steady; demand good. We
quote: Mixed oats, Acc; carload lots, 40c Bran,
81 10. Meal, 62IEc. Grist, per bushel, 6719c
HAY-Marlet very firm, with tar demand;
stock ample We quote job lots: Western,
81 10; carload lots, 81 90; Eastern, none; North
HIDES, Wool, -Hides-Market dull; re-
ceipts light; dry flint, lie; sailed, &c; dry
butcher, SC. Wool-Receipts light; prime, in
bales, CSC; bury. 10Oi5c. Wax, lSc. Tai
low, 394c. Deer skins, flint, zoe; salted Ice.
Otter skins, 5Oc0S4 90.
IRoN-Market firm; swede, 414@5c; refined,
234c.
[ARD-SIarlet steady in tierces. 73sc; so n
tins, 1l5c.
LINE, CALoINED Plaster AND CEMENr-Ala-
bama lump lime is in fair demand, and is selling
at 81 30 per barrel, Georgia, 81 30 per barrel;
calcined plaster, 81 so per barrel; hair 4c.
Rosendale cement. 81 50; Portland cement,
81 80.
bon, 81 5O@5 so; rye, ST. 5006 90; rectfed,
81 0o01 35. AleS unchanged and in fair de
mand.
NAILs-Marbet firm; fair demand We quote:
Sd, So So Id and Sd, SIS 10; Cd, 81 80; Sd. 81 IS;
l0d to 60d So 40 per keg.
Observation-Disclosures 1s020c; Ivicas,
1701Sc; walnuts, French, l2c; Naples, 16c; pc
cans, Joe; Brazil, lOc; filberts, lee; cocoanuts,
Barracoa, SIS - per 100.
Ons-ALarket firm; demand good. Signal,
45c; West Virginia black, 9Gp10c; lard, SIC;
headlight, l5c; Kerosene, "a % lOc water white,
1316c; neatsfoot, 62@S0c; machinery, 25@30c;
linseed, raw, 45c; boiled 4sc; mineral seal, Ice;
fireproof, 1sc; honeight, 1sc.
ONIoNs-Northern, per barrel So IS.
PoTAToEs-N So 00@3 25
PEAs-New crop in light supply and demand;
COW peas, mixed, 500 75c; clay, 75c@Sl 90;
speckled, 75cMSl 10; black eye, 81 50li rs;
white crowder, 81 5001 75
PRUNEs-T Turkish, 5L6c: French, 10c.
RAIsINs-Demand light: market steady. Loose
new Muscatel, 81 90; layers, new s. CO., London
layers, new So 25 per box.
SALT-The demand is moderate and the mar
ket is quiet carload lots. Csc o b; job lots Is
@90c
SHoT-Drop, 81 40: buck, 81 65,
SUGAR-The markets. higher; cut loaf, nc;
standard A, 69sc; extra c, &c; yellow G., 515c
graduated. Csc, powdered. 14c.
SYRUP-Florida and Georgia syrup 45c; the
market is quiet for sugarhouse at 30G40c; Cuba
straight goods, CSC in hogsheads; sugarhouse
molasses, zoe.
TOBACCO Market dull; demand moderate
We quote: Smoking, 2Jc6Sl %; chewing COM
mon sound, 250l30c; fair, 30@35i:; medium 81
050c; bright 50075c; fire fancy, S51I90c; extra
fine, 90c@S1 10; bright naves, 45D75c; dark
navies, 406D50c.
LUMBER-There is a continued impTovementin
the demand over previous weeks, and prices
remain firm at quotations. We quote o b:
Ordinary sizes. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Sl3 5Ot0E 90
Difficult sizes. Ii oOQ12l 90
Flooring boards. ........... 10 UO0I oO
Shipstuf .................... Is 50@G2l 80
TIAIBER-Market dull and nominal We quote:
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NAVAL STORES-Tne mafKeU TOT SpllltS Iufptn-
tine was quiet and barely steady. There were
no sales reported during the day. At the Board
of Trade on the opening call the market was
reported firm at 32c for regulars. At the
closing call it was quiet at 32c for regulars.
Bosin-'The market was firmer and more active.
The sales for the day were fully $500 barrels.
At the Board of Trade OH the first call
the market was reported firm, at the fol
lowing quotations: A, B, c and D soc,
E CSC F 9716c, G and Fl ST. 90, 81 05, X 81 25,
81 IS. N 81 IS, window glass 50 TO- water
white So co. At the last call it was unchanged.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-02-25
Anolher pn.h for ,he Nor.h poIc.

A Winnipeg, Manitoba, despatch Of Feb.
II says: Another effort is about tu b" made
to discover the North Pole Yesterday
evening Alex Macarthur, Il gentleman who
has made Il special study Of Arctic explo.
rations, accompanied by II drug clerk nniucd
Young, started for Selkirk with loui lf
provisions, about 400 pounds. his desiina
ton being the North Pole For n long time
Mr. Macarthur has been ia communication
with the Smithsonian Institute at Washing
ton and other scientific institutions of the
United States with view To- making cN-
ploratiuns in northern seus, and if possible
pushing northward in ultimate hope Of DIS
covering the North Pole. In quiet way.
and without saying anything in particular
10 his friends Macarthur went on perfect
ing his arrangements providing himself
with complete outfits, including cooking
utensils, IA canvas boat weighing - pounds
plenty Of firearms and four years ammu-
milton. Before he left he stated that he
would probably not return for two or three
years lie viii make geological collections,
maps, &c, and if he fails in the great OBJ
iect of the discovery of the pole, he will
have made trip which will be- valuable
from II scientific point Of view His plan
was to take dog trains from Selkirk. but as
they could not he procured lac decided to
take ponies and start across the lakes. Iii,
object in starting early was TO permit Of
the horses being returned before the Ice on
the lakes breaks mp. lie took with him a
letter Of credit for $1,000 ON the Hudson
Bay company, York Factory. and also a
supply of trinkcts, such a. might please the
natives eyes. From York Factory he ex-
poets to travel by dog train Macarthur
is thoroughly convinced that his plan i,
the only feasible one h. accomplish his rnd.
lie has secured assistance from some Amer
lean papers, Ii !, snid aud it is American
money entirely on which hc is making his
adventure
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-02-25
a sample Millionaire.

4 miner in Lcadville, Col, who can mel
thrr read nor write. Is worth to-day at least
81, OOu, 900. Four years ago u, hadn't a
penny, except what h, earned from day To-
day IL miner Iii, name is John !. Nor
ri,>ey. lie Is a Young man, not more than
- or BIB. The Crown Point mime. like Iuul
Enwcn'> Golcunda, was Just about paying
expenses tier OWNERS offered 10 sell h,r
for $4,000. MorriS-ey went to Chicago
and Interested Diamond Joe Reynolds in
the matter. Reynolds knew that Aloiriss"y
was nn authority ON mining. even if hc
couldn't write hi, name lie finally ,ut
chased the Crown Point agreeing o. give
Morri,scy half interest after the original
sum was repaid Within 80 days they
struck VEN of high-class ore that has
yielded them monthly income Of sis. O0u
apiece ever since There is said t. be- -,
600, 900 worth of ore in sight Mprrissey
cannot even tell the time of day 1t is a
stock Joke among the boys, if you ask Nor
rissey what O'Clock 1t Is. for him to pail
from his fob a 500 watch. and. with a
"A condesrending air, 10 tell YOU to lux for
yerself aud then yen know I am not living
u yeZ "-SaiH Isike Tribune
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-02-25

ton of the respective grand lodges, which
embrace membership of over l25, 900.
The benefit fund is derived from assess
mcnts levied upon the whole membership,
aud at such times as it is required TO pay
death benefits The benefit fund is so man
ngcd that every dollar paid by the members
gocs out TO beuciicinries without the loss Of
% single cent for it, disbursement. So care
fully aud economically are the affairs Of
this order managed, that in the thirteen
and half years Of its existence, 10000,
600 have been collected and paid to widows
and orphans at an expense Of less than two
per cent
Aside from this disbursement Of $50 900,
O1D TO benelicinries vast sums have been
paid 10y the local lodges in way of relief TO
sick members and their families. The fra
tcIual Influences of the order practiced
through the lodges have worked "A great
bcncGt to individuals and communities.
Unfortunate ones have found IA helping hand
cytended to them others upon whom the
hand Of allliction has been laid, have been
comfortcd and have felt the sweet influences
of brothcrly love. SO modestly and unos
teutatiously has this been done that the
world at large has known but little Of it ;
and So carefully has the mantle Of love and
charity been spread, that the misfortnnes
of many have been screened from the gaze
of curious world, and relief came to the
distressed like mamma 30 the lsraelites in the
wilderness, falling -, gently rs the dew of
llrruou.
This order is one Of the grandest schemes
of charity and bencyolencc ever conceived.
H. invites every man who desires to aid in
% g,nd cause aud al the same time benefit
himself aud his own family, at cost su
.apll That mo- one is too poor to engage ia il,
g., join thi, great order of progress aud
bruryol"ucc. - rdtyfeii, Md,s., Enpie.
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Rev. DR.. Newman says positively that u
Mrs. [. =. Grant belongs the credit of haV
ing maugurated the fashion of Il temper
ance New Year
Munatora Sato, who travels for New
Norl; dealer in Oriental goods, thinks that
ho is ,he only Japanese drummer in the
United States.
Lieut.. Hem, of the yacht Galatea, j,
Nmteriug at St. Lucia, Indian River, Fla.
jean !HgcloW has been left considera
hle fortune by the will Of = deceased rela
tive in London.
Mrs cleveland is receiving well -merited
praise for the ingenious way in which She
deals with the wine question. She distin
cuisines the difference between her capacity
as tine nations hostes, and her character "A.
uu individual la the former she scrvc'
wines at her table, in the latter she drink,
only water. 4 woman of infinite tact
surely.
Mis-, Frances Z. Willard, the well known
temperance advocate, met with IA warm re
c,ptiuu nj the recent cunvocatiun in Wash
ingtun. Rev. DR.. Newman made an AL
dres, of welcome 10 this public-spirited
woman, in which he said II prefer 10 ad-
dress YOU on this occasion as am individual
rather chan as a woman, There is no sex
in individuality. Sutfragists make a mis-
take in asking for the ballot because they
are women they should ask it becaus,
the, are individuals. | welcome you as a
citizen who has been too long robbed of her
malienahle and-if | understand the con
stitutiun constitutional rights And
would suggest to YOU ladies that at the next
presidential election YOU put upon the tick
ct the name of Frances f. Willard for Vice
President, and that all the women vote
'uoiaus' or 'vulens' You would in this way
show your strength"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-02-25

the oldest, the largest and most iEiluen-
tial beneficiary society in the Uuited States,
with strictly national jurisdiction, is the
Knights of Honor, It was FIRST organized
in june 1873 by band OF seventeen
young men in the city Of Louisville, Ky.
1t is ostensibly fraternity, but has n ben
efciaI'y feature which provides chat the
sum of $1,000 shall be paid 20 the family of
every beneficiary member who dies in good
standing in the order.
Its objects, as set forth by the supreme
lodge and as practiced by the mcmners are ;
To unite fraternally acceptable men of CIV
cry profession, business or occupation tn
give all moral and material aid in lbs power
to members Of the order 30 encourage each
other in business to assist each other in
obtaining employment % promote hcnevo-
lence aud charity To provide for the relief
of sick aud distressed member, To- nmcl-
iurate the condition of humanity in every
possible manner
The grow tn of dis order has been phc
numemal. la thirteen years il has extended
from the Atlantic 10 the Puciiic, and from
the Lakes 10 the Gulf, and has established
It's subordinate lodges in every STATE and
territory in the Union. Grand lodges have
been organized in thirty five of the states
and in the District of Columbia. There are
1900 subordinate lodges under the Iurisdlc-
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Charleston Revived.


Five months nave elapsed since Charles
tom was visited 10y one of the greatest ga.
Hmtio, that has ever afflicted an American
city The story of the terrible disaster has
been told over and over again. So, too,
hs, been told the story of the loving prac
tca sympathy of the American people--u
sympathy which has found expression IN a
Golden flood Of charity.
r. was not until Charleston held up her
bands and stayed the iiool that it ceased to
low in Upon u, At that time over $500,
600 lad been contributed OF which $3.50,
900 in rrGud number, was set apart for the
rebuilding of the huuse- of thu,c who would
ouicrNi.c have been homeless and nearly
900 900 for the rebuilding of the churche.
The relief committee generously set apart
500, UJl col the relief fund to aid the city
iu rhuljiI. its hospitals. aims mousse, aHd
other Institutions devoted Ia the care Of th,
sick uui INDECENT poor %! the city
At the end of five months much has been
dome tp restore the city to it, former con
dtIpu Tine damages 10y the earthquake,
we're roughly estimated az -, OuO, 900. The
aid SD generously and lavishlv poured int,
Charleston has enabled those who could not
do ST. with their limited means to rebuild
their houses, while others who were abb,
have not been idle Since the night of th,
3l-t If August, 1856. the city has risen
iroa IT'S RUM, Rcmuncratiye work ha'
been furnished to over 5000 home mcchan
c,. while over 1900 mechanics from abruao
have come here. many Of whom viii MAX,
Charleston their home
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-02-25


There is 10 man in public life today who
has q more wonderful memory for facts.
figures, faces aud MINES than senator Nor
ull Gcn. Banks, Mr.. Blaine and Gov.
Long ARE all men who have established rep
utatluus for reteutive memories. but none
Of them excel the Vermont senator. Most
of hi, speeches upon finance and the tariff
are carefully prepared, and he generally
reads thcm from the manuscript, but 1t is
of un unusual occurrence to see him plunge
into discussion upon his favorite topic,
aud quote with exactness long series Of lig
urc, without the slightest reference 70 mem
urandn Hi. recollection of names and
faces is equally surprising. During the
war gentleman called upon him and asked
him to use his influence 50 that he could
get q pas, through the lines of the army of
the Potomac. He was ON his way south 90
secure the remains of his brother who had
been killed in battle. The senator got the
Ia~- lor him, and never heard from him
uitcrWard \ few DAYS ago a man walked
into Morrll's committee room and going
mp % the senator and extending his hand.
sud. 81 guess YOU don't remember me. ~
"uh. yes, do, promptly replied the senn
tor. "yod are Mr. Gould. Then he went
ou and told him about the occurrence, al
though it happened - years ago, and the
two he'd never met nor communicated with
t.lp.l other since
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-02-25

1t is said that all the anarchists who al-
prared rs witnesses for the state in the
great trial at Chicago have left for other
parts Most of them have gone to Europe.
The New Orleans Picayune says the hor-
rihle thought has suggested itself to Chica-
go young men that if "a woman can marry
by proxy the undesirable ones will hire
proxy men aud marry themselves to any
man they may happen To fancy
The art of killing is becoming expensive.
In 1896 in France the cost of the best can
non was 5000, and the cost of II single dis
charge was - Now the most expensive
siege guns cost 50; 300, and one discharge
costs $3.50.
For years New Workers have been con
tributing 10 the support of little culorcd
church supposed 10 exist in their midst,
An investigation showed that the church
was myth, and the supposititious pastor
who has been living upon their bounty, has
been sent to the island for three months.
While young man named G. +. King
was travelling ON the Pan Handle railroad
in u sleeping-car ON Tuesday night ht
dreamed that the car was ON lire, ahd,
breaking the window, tried Ia plunge
through it head first. The porter heard
the UuiSe, aud catching the man 10y thr
feet pulled him back into the berth
Seven large monkeys work in the hemp
fields of j. b. Purkes, a Madison county,
Ky, farmer. They are said to do the Wori,
better than the negroes Mr.. Parkes for
merly employed, and at one fourth the cost.
They were sent from South Africa, and
Mr., Parkes has ordered ten more
According to Prof Baird fish has mo-
maturity and there is nothing to prevent it
from living indefinitely and growing cuntin-
ually. A pike living in Russia dates back
in age 10 the 10th century. In the royal
aquarium at st. Petersburg are fish that
have been there 40 years.
Thirteen years ago II hospital was start
ed in London on the plan OF describing the
use of alcohol except where every other
means failed Since the beginning only
four cases ont of tens of thousands have
been treated with alcohol, and the percent
age of recoveries has been much larger
than in any other hospital
The use of natural gas in western Penn
sylvana has its defects as well as its mer
its. 1t has mquestionably, served to
cheaper the cost of production in number
of important iron industries but 1t has
greatly increased the danger Of fire and
loss of life. One serious drawback attend
ing its use is that it is practically inodorous,
and ON that account the first warning that
there has been a leak in the pipes or the
mains, and that a dangerous quantity of
gas has escaped, is often a sudden eNplO
sion, brought about by contact of the ga'
with fire or light